Welfare

[Anonymous 5]

There will always be a cut-off point and people who make $5 too much, no matter how much the limit is.

I'd like to see something for people who make just a bit too much for help. Idk what. Like some people, they only make 5 bucks too much for help. That has always seemed like bullshit to me.

[LiveWhatULove]

I support a guarenteed general income, and just do away with all the other rules and regulations. Here’s your money, you do what you want, live where you can live, and eat what you want to eat. So much beuracracy is not necessary. People can make choices, good or bad , for themselves.

[Valentina327]

1. Stepping off of it instead of taking it all away at once.
2. It being a true hand up instead of a hand out.
3. Different figures used to determine benefits.
4. Free (religion-free) finance class geared to help the person take control of their financial health.

Those are great suggestions. How are they injecting religion into finance classes?

[scemily526]

bring back ability to go to college, and have it count as a work requirement...once someone can graduate college, chances of returning to the dole/handouts are substantially less throughout that person's lifetime.

[mommy_jules]

1. Stepping off of it instead of taking it all away at once.
2. It being a true hand up instead of a hand out.
3. Different figures used to determine benefits.
4. Free (religion-free) finance class geared to help the person take control of their financial health.

What do you mean by hand up not hand out?

[TheQueenOfEverything]

if you are receiving assistance you have to report the income of anyone living in the home. and if you’re unmarried with children you waive your right to receive child support so if you are claiming the father of your kids doesn’t live with you, they collect the amount of assistance you get back from him. if your CS exceeds the amount of assistance you would get they close your case.

Not allowing people to use it as a means to stay home. Get a job. A full time job. And include incomes of the fathers or boyfriends (or moms/girlfriends) if they aren’t married. Too many people don’t get married just so they don’t have to claim the other income. BS. You are not a single mom. Or dad. You just want a freaking handout.

[Oliviasmom72]

They get no more money when they have more kids.

It needs to be cut off at a certain point and instead offer other resources.

[Lotus]

I dot know shite about it to comment except to say, it should not change state to state. It should be universal.

[famousglm714]

You shouldn't be able to be a lifer on FS unless you're elderly or disabled. EIC needs to go but I'm done with this conversation because I don't feel like arguing today. The state wants to cry that they're broke yet hands people decent sized checks for existing basically. Makes no sense.

[caustib]

I support a guarenteed general income, and just do away with all the other rules and regulations. Here’s your money, you do what you want, live where you can live, and eat what you want to eat. So much beuracracy is not necessary. People can make choices, good or bad , for themselves.

The thing that would concern me about that is the people who will not take care of their kids, no matter how you cut it. No one wants kids to suffer, so we would just come full circle and have the guaranteed income plus a ton of other programs to back up the people that mishandle it.